Rachelle Savitz - teacher at Boynton Beach Community High School
Savitz has been named the Florida Teacher of the Year for Secondary Reading by the Secondary Reading Council.
SRC is an organization that is affiliated with the Florida Reading Association.
Age – 29
Years Teaching – 8
Activities when not working – Teaching at Barry University
She also works the concession stands during football games.
She teaches four classes with about 100 students.
How did you get into teaching?
“I didn’t know until senior year in high school that I wanted to go to college. I realized I wanted to help other students who didn’t think they could make it.”
What is your favorite part of teaching?
“Getting to know each of my students. They are all different.”
Tell me more about the honor from the Secondary Reading Council?
“You have to be nominated by somebody, then you have a lot of work to do. You have to put a portfolio together.”
What was your first reaction when you received the honor?
“Disbelief. It is such a huge honor and I had only been teaching reading for four years.”
Read more about this story in the Sept. 30 issue of the Boynton Forum.